House File 2704 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2704
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO LSB 5003HB)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to and making appropriations to the education
2 system, including the funding and operation of the
3 department for the blind, department of education, and
4 state board of regents; modifying provisions related to
5 compulsory education, open enrollment, the state board of
6 regents presidential search committee, the Iowa tuition
7 grants program, and the Iowa dyslexia board; establishing
8 restrictions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
9 efforts of institutions of higher education governed by the
10 state board of regents; providing penalties; and including
11 effective date and applicability provisions.
12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 DIVISION I
2 FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS —— DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
3 Section 1. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS ——
4 ADMINISTRATION. There is appropriated from the general
5 fund of the state to the department for the blind for the
6 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025,
7 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
8 used for the purposes designated:
9 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
10 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
11 equivalent positions:
12 .................................................. $ 3,087,171
13 ............................................... FTEs 88.98
14 DIVISION II
15 FY 2024-2025 APPROPRIATIONS —— DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
16 Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
17 from the general fund of the state to the department of
18 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
19 ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or so much thereof
20 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
21 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
22 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
23 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
24 equivalent positions:
25 .................................................. $ 6,922,250
26 ............................................... FTEs 69.23
27 b. By January 15, 2025, the department shall submit
28 a written report to the general assembly detailing the
29 department’s antibullying programming and current and projected
30 expenditures for such programming for the fiscal year beginning
31 July 1, 2024.
32 2. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
33 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
34 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
35 equivalent positions:
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1 .................................................. $ 721,779
2 ............................................... FTEs 9.12
3 3. PUBLIC BROADCASTING DIVISION
4 For salaries, support, maintenance, capital expenditures,
5 and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
6 full-time equivalent positions:
7 .................................................. $ 8,116,032
8 ............................................... FTEs 58.38
9 4. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
10 For reimbursement for career and technical education
11 expenditures made by regional career and technical education
12 planning partnerships in accordance with section 256.136:
13 .................................................. $ 2,952,459
14 5. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
15 For use as state matching moneys for federal programs that
16 shall be disbursed according to federal regulations, including
17 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
18 for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
19 .................................................. $ 2,176,797
20 ............................................... FTEs 25.40
21 6. BIRTH TO AGE THREE SERVICES
22 a. For expansion of the federal Individuals with
23 Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, Pub. L. No.
24 108-446, as amended to January 1, 2018, birth through age three
25 services due to increased numbers of children qualifying for
26 those services:
27 .................................................. $ 1,721,400
28 b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
29 $383,769 shall be allocated to the child health specialty
30 clinics administered by the state university of Iowa in order
31 to provide additional support for infants and toddlers who are
32 born prematurely, drug-exposed, or medically fragile.
33 7. EARLY HEAD START PROJECTS
34 a. For early head start projects:
35 .................................................. $ 574,500
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1 b. The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be
2 used for implementation and expansion of early head start
3 pilot projects addressing the comprehensive cognitive, social,
4 emotional, and developmental needs of children from birth to
5 age three, including prenatal support for qualified families.
6 The projects shall promote healthy prenatal outcomes and
7 healthy family functioning, and strengthen the development of
8 infants and toddlers in low-income families. Priority shall be
9 given to those organizations that have previously qualified for
10 and received state funding to administer an early head start
11 project.
12 8. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
13 For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
14 program established pursuant to chapter 284, and for not more
15 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
16 .................................................. $ 2,990,467
17 ............................................... FTEs 6.02
18 9. STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT
19 a. For distribution to the Iowa testing program by the
20 department of education on behalf of school districts and
21 accredited nonpublic schools to offset the costs associated
22 with a statewide student assessment administered in accordance
23 with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”:
24 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
25 b. From the moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
26 than $300,000 shall be distributed to the Iowa testing programs
27 within the university of Iowa college of education to offset
28 the costs of administering the statewide student assessment at
29 accredited nonpublic schools.
30 10. STATEWIDE CLEARINGHOUSE TO EXPAND WORK-BASED LEARNING
31 For support costs associated with the creation of a
32 statewide clearinghouse to expand work-based learning as a part
33 of the future ready Iowa initiative:
34 .................................................. $ 300,000
35 11. POSTSECONDARY SUMMER CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
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1 PROGRAM
2 For support costs associated with the creation of a program
3 to provide additional moneys for resident high school pupils
4 enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to attend a community college
5 for college-level classes or attend a class taught by a
6 community college-employed instructor during the summer and
7 outside of the regular school year through a contractual
8 agreement between a community college and a school district
9 under the future ready Iowa initiative:
10 .................................................. $ 600,000
11 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
12 department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
13 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
14 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
15 specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding
16 fiscal year.
17 12. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES
18 For school districts to reinforce combined efforts and
19 regional initiatives that accelerate paraeducator and teacher
20 credential attainment and to provide direct services to the
21 most at-risk middle school or high school students enrolled
22 in school districts through direct intervention by a jobs for
23 America’s graduates specialist:
24 .................................................. $ 9,646,450
25 13. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE/GENERAL INTERNET SITE AND
26 DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT
27 For administration of a process for school districts to
28 establish specific performance goals and to evaluate the
29 performance of each attendance center operated by the district
30 in order to arrive at an overall school performance grade and
31 report card for each attendance center, for internet site
32 and data system support, and for not more than the following
33 full-time equivalent positions:
34 .................................................. $ 250,000
35 ............................................... FTEs 1.83
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1 14. SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR EARLY READERS
2 For distribution to school districts for implementation
3 of section 279.68, subsection 2, relating to successful
4 progression for early readers:
5 .................................................. $ 7,824,782
6 15. EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR LITERACY
7 a. For purposes of purchasing a statewide license for an
8 early warning assessment and administering the early warning
9 system for literacy established in accordance with section
10 279.68 and rules adopted in accordance with section 256.7,
11 subsection 31:
12 .................................................. $ 1,915,000
13 b. The department shall administer and distribute to school
14 districts and accredited nonpublic schools the early warning
15 assessment system that allows teachers to screen and monitor
16 student literacy skills from prekindergarten through grade
17 six. The department may charge school districts and accredited
18 nonpublic schools a fee for the system not to exceed the actual
19 costs to purchase a statewide license for the early warning
20 assessment minus the moneys received by the department under
21 this subsection. The fee shall be determined by dividing the
22 actual remaining costs to purchase the statewide license for
23 the school year by the number of pupils assessed under the
24 system in the current fiscal year. School districts may use
25 moneys received pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 11, and
26 moneys received for purposes of implementing section 279.68,
27 subsection 2, to pay the early warning assessment system fee.
28 16. IOWA READING RESEARCH CENTER
29 a. For purposes of the Iowa reading research center in
30 order to implement, in collaboration with the area education
31 agencies, the provisions of section 256.9, subsection 49,
32 paragraph “c”:
33 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
34 b. From moneys appropriated in this subsection, not more
35 than $250,000 shall be used for collaborations with the state
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1 board of education relating to the approval of practitioner
2 preparation programs pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3,
3 paragraph “c”, and with the board of educational examiners for
4 the establishment and continuing oversight of the advanced
5 dyslexia specialist endorsement pursuant to section 256.146,
6 subsection 21. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and
7 ending June 30, 2025, the center shall submit a report to the
8 general assembly detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
9 purposes of this paragraph “b”.
10 c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
11 department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
12 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
13 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
14 specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding
15 fiscal year.
16 17. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
17 FUND
18 For deposit in the computer science professional development
19 incentive fund established under section 284.6A:
20 .................................................. $ 500,000
21 18. CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED TRAINING AND
22 SUPPORT
23 a. For distribution to area education agencies for
24 school-based children’s mental health services, including
25 mental health awareness training for educators:
26 .................................................. $ 3,383,936
27 b. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection for
28 distribution to area education agencies, $200,000 shall be
29 used for purposes of implementing a children’s grief and loss
30 rural pilot program to serve Iowa children in rural school
31 districts or accredited nonpublic schools. The pilot program
32 shall be administered by, and the moneys allocated pursuant to
33 this paragraph shall be distributed to, an existing statewide
34 not-for-profit health care organization that currently provides
35 grief and loss services to children. For the fiscal year
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1 beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the health
2 care organization receiving moneys pursuant to this paragraph
3 shall prepare a report, in collaboration with the department
4 of education, detailing the expenditures of moneys used for
5 the purposes of this program and its outcomes, which shall be
6 submitted to the general assembly by September 30, 2025.
7 19. BEST BUDDIES IOWA
8 a. For school districts to create opportunities for
9 one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership
10 development for students with intellectual and developmental
11 disabilities:
12 .................................................. $ 35,000
13 b. The department of education shall establish criteria for
14 the distribution of moneys appropriated under this subsection
15 and shall require an organization receiving moneys under this
16 subsection to annually report student identifying data for
17 students participating in the program to the department in the
18 manner prescribed by the department as a condition of receiving
19 such moneys.
20 20. MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
21 a. For distribution to the midwestern higher education
22 compact to pay Iowa’s member state annual obligation:
23 .................................................. $ 115,000
24 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
25 pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered or
26 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
27 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
28 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
29 21. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
30 COMMUNITY COLLEGES
31 For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
32 enrollment of accredited nonpublic school students under
33 section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”:
34 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
35 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the
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1 department pursuant to this subsection that remain unencumbered
2 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
3 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
4 designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
5 22. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
6 For general state financial aid to merged areas, as defined
7 in section 260C.2, in accordance with chapter 256, subchapter
8 VII, part 2, and chapter 260C:
9 .................................................. $235,858,161
10 Notwithstanding the allocation formula in section 260C.18C,
11 the moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be allocated
12 as follows:
13 a. Merged Area I
14 .................................................. $ 11,576,521
15 b. Merged Area II
16 .................................................. $ 11,624,778
17 c. Merged Area III
18 .................................................. $ 10,677,043
19 d. Merged Area IV
20 .................................................. $ 5,341,097
21 e. Merged Area V
22 .................................................. $ 13,432,899
23 f. Merged Area VI